News Express: UM scholar gives talk on research into new cancer treatments using animal venoms
新聞快訊：澳大學人分享從動物毒液中尋找抗癌新療法
澳大學人分享從動物毒液中尋找抗癌新療法
The talk ‘Looking into New Cures from Animal Venoms to Fight against Cancer’
澳大學人分享從動物毒液中尋找抗癌新療法
澳門大學舉行“澳大學人研究講壇”第21講，由澳大健康科學學院生物醫學系系主任郭珩輝以“從動物毒液中尋找抵抗癌症的新療法”為題分享其研究成果。講座現場座無虛席，並有不少中學師生以線上形式參與。
講壇上，郭珩輝介紹過去30年間，毒液作為包含100多種不同化合物的來源，已被廣泛應用於藥物開發領域。然而，從毒液研究庫中被評估出約1至5千萬種化合物中，只有不到千分之一被鑒定及特徵化。因此，郭珩輝深入淺出地向與會者剖析如何鑒定和表徵具有抗癌特性的新型毒液多肽，以及這些基於毒液的抗癌多肽輸送到癌細胞的最新研究進展。在問答環節，與會者積極提問，交流氣氛熱烈。
郭珩輝在英國獲得生物技術一級榮譽學士學位和生物醫學科學博士學位，於2014年加入澳大，2022年被選為英國皇家生物學會會士（FRSB）和英國皇家化學學會會士（FRSC）。他在生物和生物醫學科學領域發表超過160篇SCI論文，並獲得7項國際專利和中國專利，曾主持多項由國家科技部、國家自然科學基金資助的項目。郭珩輝專注於研究蛋白質—抗原、毒液多肽以及靶向治療／免疫治療抗體在對抗感染性疾病和癌症中的應用，致力於新藥的發現、開發和治療應用。
“澳大學人研究講壇”由澳大研究服務及知識轉移辦公室組織開展，通過邀請傑出的澳大學人以通俗易懂的方式介紹其研究成果，帶出學術研究就是創造知識的意義，讓大眾明白研究成果的可應用性，以及與改善人類生活素質的緊密關係。
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UM scholar gives talk on research into new cancer treatments using animal venoms
The University of Macau (UM) held the 21st UM Scholar Research Forum, with Henry Kwok Hang Fai, head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the Faculty of Health Sciences, as the speaker. Prof Kwok gave a talk titled ‘Looking into New Cures from Animal Venoms to Fight against Cancer’ and shared his research findings. The talk attracted a full house, with many secondary school students and teachers participating online.
During the talk, Prof Kwok mentioned that venoms, which contain more than 100 different compounds, have been extensively utilised for drug development over the past three decades. However, less than one-thousandth of the estimated 10 to 50 million compounds in venom libraries have been identified and characterised. Prof Kwok then explained how to identify and characterise novel venom-based peptides with anti-cancer properties, and discussed the latest research advancements in delivering these peptides to cancer cells.
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